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Those who know me view me as an incurable optimist and positive thinker. For me to sound an alarm… well… there really is a fire. I started noticing pre-Covid.  Students simply did not seem as well educated as in the past.  Our teaching staff at The Learning Consultants noticed as well. I am always mindful […]

My college counseling work has evolved since Covid. Parents in our area – the Connecticut shoreline and Fairfield County – are usually well educated.  So when I started college counseling in the 2000s, my work was often focused on guiding the student through the college counseling process, a reasonable amount of which the parents understood.  […]

Is your child a high school junior? What else can be done at this date to change your child’s chance of admission and your chance of securing merit aid? Do well on finals. “Deepen” your activities through leadership. Increase SATs. For most, that’s it. Yes, many schools are test-optional.  But I speak to college admissions […]

“Are they training to become professional athletes?” My European friend – who spends his summers in Old Saybrook – asked with genuine curiosity. We were discussing some of his other Shoreline, CT friends.  He was perplexed. “They spend their weekends driving to other states.  They must spend a fortune.” “I love sports. But he was […]

Our school systems are in trouble.  Deep trouble. The reasons are structural: the academic subjects – “why do we have to learn this?” – are increasingly anachronistic. This is from someone who enjoyed school and has enjoyed working with students to help them do better in school. the classroom structure – “I’m so bored” – […]

“College” as the predominant means for upward mobility and good life is having a bad moment.  Some part is fully deserved: the cost is out of control.  Other parts related to politics are really just same-same historically (take a look at the 60s -70s, related to Viet Nam and Civil Rights, the 80s related to […]

“They just want me to do my best.” I asked Ted, a sophomore at Valley Regional High School in Essex about his parents’ reaction to his mediocre grades. In the “old days” – which are not too distant, perhaps 20 years ago – parents pushed their children to excel. The backlash has been so fierce […]